Radar wave sensing apparatus and method

• US 8,830,116 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2012
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Chang, Kuang-I, Wang, Sheng-Hang, Su, Yu-Jen, Tsai, Mu-Yu, Chen, Jyun-Long
• Primary Examiner(s): GREGORY, BERNARR E
• Application Number:
  US13/491,813
• Publication Number:
  US 20130147653A1
• Time in Patent Office: 823 Days
• Field of Search: 735/70, 735/84, 735/96, 736/18, 736/20, 736/27, 736/49, 736/58, 736/60, 342/21, 342/22, 342/27, 342/28, 342/61, 342 70- 72, 342/104, 342/105, 342/115, 342/118, 342128-137, 342/165, 342173-175, 342192-197, 342/13, 340/425.5, 340/438, 340442-444, 318/255, 318/268, 343/700.R, 343/703, 700/90, 700/275, 700/279, 219/50, 219/121.11, 219/121.6, 219/121.67, 219/121.68
• US Class Current: 342/61
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/0209 Systems with very large relative bandwidth, i.e. larger than 10 %, e.g. baseband, pulse, carrier-free, ultrawideband
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/58 Velocity or trajectory determination systems; Sense-of-movement determination systems

Abstract

A radar wave sensing apparatus including a rotation element, a nanosecond pulse near-field sensor and a control unit is provided. The nanosecond pulse near-field sensor emits an incident radar wave and receives a reflection radar wave of the incident radar wave hitting on a surface of the rotation element to obtain a repetition frequency variation of the reflection radar wave corresponding to the incident radar wave. The control unit calculates a vibration of the rotation element according to the repetition frequency variation.

Claims

1. A radar wave sensing apparatus configured to sense a rotation element, comprising:

a nanosecond pulse near-field sensor configured to emit an incident radar wave and to receive a reflection radar wave of the incident radar wave hitting on a surface of the rotation element to obtain a repetition frequency variation of the reflection radar wave corresponding to the incident radar wave; and

a control unit configured to calculate a vibration of the rotation element according to the repetition frequency variation.

2. The radar wave sensing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a rotor installation platform configured to carry the rotation element.

3. The radar wave sensing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises a wire/wireless communication module to receive the repetition frequency variation.

4. The radar wave sensing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a rotation speed regulator to regulate the rotation speed of the rotation element.

5. The radar wave sensing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the control unit further controls the rotation speed regulator to regulate the rotation speed of the rotation element according to the feedback of the vibration.

6. The radar wave sensing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a rotation speed measuring apparatus configured to measure the rotation speed of the rotation element.

7. A radar wave sensing method, comprising:

emitting an incident radar wave and receiving a reflection radar wave of the incident radar wave hitting on a surface of the rotation element by a nanosecond pulse near-field sensor to obtain a repetition frequency variation of the reflection radar wave corresponding to the incident radar wave; and

calculating a vibration of the rotation element according to the repetition frequency variation by a control unit.

8. The radar wave sensing method according to claim 7, further comprising:

receiving the repetition frequency variation by a wire/wireless communication module of the control unit.

9. The radar wave sensing method according to claim 7, further comprising:

regulating the rotation speed of the rotation element by a rotation speed regulator.

10. The radar wave sensing method according to claim 9, further comprising:

controlling the rotation speed regulator according to the feedback by the control unit to regulate the rotation speed or vibration of the rotation element.

11. The radar wave sensing method according to claim 7, further comprising:

measuring the rotation speed of the rotation element by a rotation speed measuring apparatus.